sore throat
  喉嚨痛
  sore throat 名詞
  咽喉痛
  Sore, a. [Compar. Sorer superl. Sorest.]
  1. Tender to the touch; susceptible of pain from pressure; inflamed; painful; -- said of the body or its parts; as, a sore hand.
  2. Fig.: Sensitive; tender; easily pained, grieved, or vexed; very susceptible of irritation.
     Malice and hatred are very fretting and vexatious, and apt to make our minds sore and uneasy.   --Tillotson.
  3. Severe; afflictive; distressing; as, a sore disease; sore evil or calamity.
  4. Criminal; wrong; evil. [Obs.]
  Sore throat Med., inflammation of the throat and tonsils; pharyngitis. See Cynanche.
  Malignant sore throat, Ulcerated sore throat or Putrid sore throat. See Angina, and under Putrid.
  sore throat
       n : inflammation of the fauces and pharynx [syn: pharyngitis,
           raw throat]